Short Penance Poems

Sacrifice
Deny self
Prayer, Penance, Almsgiving
Become one with Christ
Lent...

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Often I feel I suffer more
than ever I need penance for....

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the pleasure of sin
  the pain of penance

all across the earth's surface
  permanent tenants...

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If little birds and parents
Can
Fly, Run away
Why make a poor little girls heart
The penance pay ?...

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Church has 7 sacraments
Baptism
Confirmation
Holy Eucharist
Penance
Anointing of the sick
Holy Orders
Matrimony...

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Oh butterflies beautiful butterflies
               It's my one legged penance
               To fly like you and free...

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Quietly sauntering 
through faded lights
 on an alley,

past transgressions mirror 
to beg for unresolved penance.


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Darkness is
Energy depleting
Penance with no
Residual happiness
Emotional
Serenades
Sifting
Inside
Overcoming
Nothing...

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Divine abode

Oldest cave temple
Saintly aura  overwhelms
Abode for penance

Date Oct 29 2016
Contest Saints and sinners...

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In confessionals of doubt
he chased absolution
The devil unmasked
—his penance forsworn  

(Washington Chapel: November, 2021)...

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Everything I regret happened so many years ago.
Nowadays I refuse to be taught just how to even let go.
Until that night I overcame my embittered ego....

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He’s read from first to final chapter.
The most and least he’s followed after.
Penance and prayer, or sin and laughter?
The difference was all in his head....

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The merits of Jesus Christ are applied to our souls through the Sacraments
Especially Baptism
Penance
Which restore us to the friendship of God

11282011...

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No sweeter air then after the
penance of a piano note,
cascading chords and the fate of Atlas.
Tears of a warrior
How does one caress delicate
Strength and Love...

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innocent cents are found in the essence of patience
good riddance of stolen cents is the essence of repentance
the essence of repentance is to sow in the soul penance...

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tattered
tired
torn
           tense:
walking in
             circles
a penance
to a quit place
slipping
spinning
fallen
finished...
            transient...

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The posse came a-howling for vengeance
The Senator must now perform penance
   His pleas for mercy ignored
   His reputation was gored
Beheaded by public opinion's sword...

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Pow! the pale powder pumps power into 
The pastor’s panicked pulse. Peeing his pants, 
He pulls his parcel and pitter-patters
To the piss-pot, paying his penile penance. 
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Founded in the Han,

Dynasty and Rome, 'Tickle,

Torture' was penance,

Of nobles, no scar, quick fix,

Salted feet, for goats to lick....

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Proposing pure penalties
Rambling rancorous reveals
Opining odd occasions
Pitching putrid penance
Heralding heinous happenings
Evoking erroneous events
Teaching terrific tautology...

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I bit the ampule 
hard enough to cut my tongue.
I let the splinters rake their penance
against my frenulum for months.

Still, it won't change the trajectory,
not all at once—nothing does. 

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Tender petals of youth wither and fade

Stinging the soul with regret

Sharp penance of years

A yearning too deep for tears

A token of repentance

Times short pleasure to take

Youthful mirth vanishes away...

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It is my turn to face the flame
The darkest fire
Her wrath of penance
The woe from my pestilence
An evil army of deadly words
Damnation to finally pay
it leaves a sour taste in the mouth
I am now ended...

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Walk the Line
Draw a line under it
On a Charity Fun Run
As penance 
For crossing the line's 
So Many Time's 
You stopped counting 
How many pairs of shoes it took
To look before crossing 
Dangerous Paths...

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REJOICING WITH THE SAINTS

Washed with the waters of baptism
Nourished with the food of life
Mingled amidst the blood of the Lamb
Drawn back through the grace of penance 
Filled with the spirit through confirmation...

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